How High-Crime Neighborhoods Make It Harder For Kids To Show Up At School (kqed.org)
A new study suggests living in a high-crime area, or simply passing through one on the way to school, can impact how often students show up to class. She and her team looked at how neighborhood crime in Baltimore affects attendance. The vast majority of students there use public transportation (like many urban school systems, Baltimore City Public Schools don't bus students). Researchers mapped the routes high school freshmen took to and from school — what streets they were walking on, when...